The Digital Trap
A simple photograph could turn into a never-ending cycle of blackmail for money, sex and worse - what you need to know to protect yourself.
India, over the past decade, has seen an increase in the cases of cybercrime and 'sextortion'-essentially, blackmail for sexual gain. Cases of sextortion usually involve a blackmailer with access to a person's private videos or photographs. This can happen in a number of ways-a hacker might break into someone's phone or computer and gain access to private material. Other situations might involve an ex-partner who (with or without consent) could have photographed or filmed their significant other in compromising situations, or even a former partner who had been sent nude photographs/ similar material during the course of a relationship.
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